While some may think having a birthday cake big enough to feed everyone is the biggest priority, Townsville teacher Trisha Telford says this is the age when skills in deportment and etiquette should first be acquired and these parties are the ideal training ground to practice them.

And Ms Telford is clearly not alone in the high value she places on these social skills - her Facebook page, TMT Deportment and Etiquette, has increased its membership by 100 people since January as word has spread about her source of advice on how to address a range of social situations.

"My point of difference (in this type of training) is my teaching background which means that I tailor my training for each specific age group," she said.

"So, for example, for the little children aged five to nine years ... this is the age where they have parties and friends over and they need to learn to get on with each other and socialise with each other."

For the past ten years Ms Telford, who will be emcee at an International Women's Day breakfast in Townsville this Friday, has been travelling to schools across north Queensland, imparting her knowledge in deportment and etiquette to students from Prep to Year 12.

When Trisha Telford walks into a classroom at Richmond State School in western Queensland now she is looked in the eye by students while they greet her with a smile.

This makes her happy because she knows she is doing something right.

Ms Telford spoke with ABC's Alexis Gillham about the differences between country children and city children as well as her unexpected positive experience in teaching these social skills to young males.

For free advice on how to behave at different social occasions or just to receive regular tips from Ms Telford, sign up to her Facebook page TMT Deportment & Etiquette.